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> [What we get to think and know about the world is in the hands of a very few... A truly informed public is antithetical to the interests of modern consumer capital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/what-we-get-to-think-and-know-about-the-world-is-in-the-hands-of-a/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

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## More by Philip Jones Griffiths

> [Real photography is a wonderfully inclusive, democratic medium, whereas art photography is more often a private pursuit by conmen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/real-photography-is-a-wonderfully-inclusive-democratic-medium-whereas/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [Let's assume that all the cassettes of monochrome film Cartier-Bresson ever exposed had somehow been surreptitiously loaded with colour film. I'd venture to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/let-s-assume-that-all-the-cassettes-of-monochrome-film-cartier/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [People believe pictures. It's a photograph that's in your passport, not a painting. Now, George Bernard Shaw said, 'I would exchange every painting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/people-believe-pictures-it-s-a-photograph-that-s-in-your-passport-not/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [The ability to keep things in perspective is very important for a journalist. In a tense situation you need the ability to be there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/the-ability-to-keep-things-in-perspective-is-very-important-for-a/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [The first picture of his I ever saw was during a lecture at the Rhyl camera club. I was 16 and the speaker was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/the-first-picture-of-his-i-ever-saw-was-during-a-lecture-at-the-rhyl/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [What we get to think and know about the world is in the hands of a very few... A truly informed public is antithetical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/what-we-get-to-think-and-know-about-the-world-is-in-the-hands-of-a/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [The only thing we photographers really want more than life, more than sex, more than anything, is to be invisible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/the-only-thing-we-photographers-really-want-more-than-life-more-than/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [When Bill Gates started Corbis we were told that he needed images to fill those digital picture frames in his home, and many found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/when-bill-gates-started-corbis-we-were-told-that-he-needed-images-to/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [ \[Photojournalism\] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we understand more. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/photojournalism-really-is-the-only-branch-of-photography-that-s-a/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [... we are there with our cameras to record reality. Once we start modifying that which exists, we are robbing photography of its most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/we-are-there-with-our-cameras-to-record-reality-once-we-start/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [Even if not a single picture is never published, they exist. And that means that we are recording the history of the human race.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/even-if-not-a-single-picture-is-never-published-they-exist-and-that/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [Content alone is propaganda; form alone is wallpaper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/content-alone-is-propaganda-form-alone-is-wallpaper/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

> [I attempt to channel my anger into the tip of my forefinger as I press the shutter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/i-attempt-to-channel-my-anger-into-the-tip-of-my-forefinger-as-i/)

[Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/)

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